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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1 Chapter 13: Lieutenant Mamiya's Long Story: Part II (Pgs. 151-172) | Book 2 Chapter 1: As Concrete as Possible ? Appetite in Literature (Pgs. 175-184) | Book 2 Chapter 2: No Good News in This Chapter (Pgs. 185-195).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Malta Kano assure Toru Okada that he will find at the end of their meeting?
(a) His tie.
(b) A new house.
(c) His cat.
(d) A job.

2. According to Toru's uncle in Chapter 13, how did Mr. Miyawaki lose all of his money?
(a) Opening a failed restaurant.
(b) A bad stock deal.
(c) A crippling drug addiction.
(d) A run on his bank.

3. For what type of business does May Kasahara administer surveys?
(a) A restaurant chain.
(b) A law office.
(c) A pachinko parlor.
(d) A wig factory.

4. What errand is Toru Okada running at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Getting a new watch battery.
(b) Delivering his wife's dry cleaning.
(c) Filing his household's taxes.
(d) Picking up groceries.

5. In Chapter 13, what memory of Yanamoto's death does in Lieutenant Mamiya say he will never forget?
(a) His blood pooling beneath him.
(b) His screams.
(c) His frantic prayers.
(d) His eye contact.

Short Answer Questions

1. What era does Creta Kano's style of dress remind Toru Okada of?

2. When Toru Okada is certain Kumiko is gone at the beginning of Book 2, what does he discover she has taken with her?

3. What career advice does Toru Okada recall Mr. Honda giving in Chapter 4?

4. How does the actress in the Miyawaki house kill herself?

5. How long have Kumiko and Toru Okada been married at the beginning of the novel?

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